title: Subjective social status, self-rated health and tobacco smoking: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).
abstract: Using baseline data from ELSA-Brasil (N = 15,105), we investigated whether subjective social status, measured using three 10-rung "ladders," is associated with self-rated health and smoking, independently of objective indicators of social position and depression symptoms. Additionally, we explored whether the magnitude of these associations varies according to the reference group. Subjective social status was independently associated with poor self-rated health and weakly associated with former smoking. The references used for social comparison did not change these associations significantly. Subjective social status, education, and income represent distinct aspects of social inequities, and the impact of each of these indicators on health is different.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil lidyanecamelo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lidyane do V
authors.initials: Ldo V
authors.lastname: Camelo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giatti
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandhi M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Barreto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012923:Social Class
keywords: ELSA-Brasil; health inequities; self-rated health; subjective social status; tobacco smoking